Microsoft's new high-end 4K-ready Xbox One X will go up for pre-order this Sunday, reports indicate.

The new Xbox One X console, which features a highly optimized and tweaked Polaris-grade GPU with 6TFLOPs of power and 40 CUs alongside a dramatically overhauled 8-core Jaguar CPU to enable native 4K console graphics, will be available for pre-order for $499 this Sunday following Microsoft's Gamescom press event, according to The Verge's senior editor Tom Warren. The console was revealed during Microsoft's E3 2017 Xbox press conference, and has since been unavailable for pre-order because it hadn't yet cleared FCC approval.

Xbox division head Phil Spencer confirmed that Xbox One X pre-order details will be revealed soon, so Mr. Warren's claims fit neatly with the timeline of events.

One of the Xbox One X's principal launch games, Crackdown 3, has recently been delayed to Spring 2018 and will miss the console's release on November 7. Microsoft insists that the console isn't made for everyone and only those who want the "best possible console gaming experience" should buy into the system. Without a fleet of major first-party content, the Xbox One X is essentially meant to play this year's third-party games better than its major competitor, Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro.

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The Xbox One X will launch on November 7, 2017 for $499, and pre-orders for the system are expected to go up this Sunday after Microsoft's Gamescom press conference.